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Reviewing APA Dissertation Formatting

The guidelines below are used to evaluate and review the dissertation for compliance

LEVEL FORMAT FUNCTION

1 Centered, Boldface, Uppercase Sections receive level one
and Lowercase Headings headings.

2 Left-aligned, Boldface, Subsections receive level two.
Uppercase and Lowercase
Heading

3 Indented, boldface, Subparts of subsections
lowercase heading with a
period. Begin body text after receive level three headings.
the period.

4 Indented, boldface, italicized, Subparts of subparts received level four
lowercase heading with a period. headings.
Begin body text after the period.

5 Indented, italicized, lowercase Used to draw further distinctions in a
heading with a period. Begin body text subpart discussion. Not often used. Should
after the period. only be used if there are at least two
distinctions that need clarification.

and for processing before approval for binding and publishing. The candidate will receive
an evaluation based on these criteria after submitting to the Office of Graduate Studies
and Research for Review Please adhere to the following guidelines
Section
Section Comment
Front Page(s)

Abstract Order: Title, Author and Chair format. Single double space for title. Do not add
additional space between lines of title.

Title Page Order: Use double spacing for title; place after the Abstract.
Acknowledgments Double space text.

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